A British man living in Massachusetts has pleaded guilty today to horrific crimes involving children and now faces deportation back to Britain after a sentence, under a plea agreement, of between 18 and 27 years in prison.

Geoffrey Portway 40, had numerous chats with many individuals about a ‘mutual interest in abducting, raping, murdering, and eating children,’ said an agreed statement of facts released by the US attorney in Boston.

In July last year, federal agents searching Portway’s residence in Worcester, Massachusetts, discovered a locked dungeon in the basement of his home.

House of horror: Tucked in the basement of a Beechmont Street, Worcester, MA home federal authorities found a dungeon containing a child-sized homemade coffin, a steel cage, torture devices and butchering tools

It contained a chair, television, and what appeared to be cable access to the Internet.

The room also contained a child-sized homemade coffin (with large speakers covering wire mesh at one end) with exterior locking devices, a steel cage (approximately 3′ wide, 2’high and 4′ long) with multiple locking devices, and a steel table top (with steel rings at six points, presumably for restraints).

This dungeon was described in detail by Portway in recovered chats as a place he intended to use to keep kidnapped children while he sexually abused them and as a place to eventually murder and cannibalize the children.

Many of these conversations were accompanied by the trading of child pornography.

These chats also included images of children known to them, accompanied by discussions of desire to sexually abuse, murder and cannibalize those children.

Agreement: Geoffrey Portway, a UK citizen born in Spain and living in Worcester, Massachusetts had solicited a Kansas man, Michael Arnett (pictured), to kidnap a child whom Portway ‘would ultimately rape, kill and eat.’

As stated both in court filings and at the hearing today, through his online chats, Portway solicited several people for their help in abducting a child, predominately from Michael Arnett of Kansas.

At least as early as 2010, Portway utilized Skype and other programs to communicate with Arnett, trading child pornography including images of injured, mutilated and deceased children while chatting about the sexual abuse, rape, abduction, murder, and cannibalism of children.

Over months, Portway repeatedly solicited Arnett to kidnap a child for him, with the intent that Portway would ultimately rape, kill and eat that child.

These solicitations for help in abducting a child included discussing real children, by name and photo, that Arnett claimed to know and have access. In the chats, Portway and Arnett discuss different ways to kidnap children and the age range that Portway prefers.

Depraved: Portway used Skype and other programs to trade child pornography including images of injured, mutilated and deceased children while chatting about the sexual abuse, rape, abduction, murder, and cannibalism of children

During the time that Portway was soliciting Arnett, Portway had been told that Arnett had helped others with such requests before and that

Arnett had experience with the abduction and sexual abuse of children. Arnett has since pleaded guilty in Kansas to the sexual exploitation of a child for the purposes of producing child pornography.

A forensic examination of the computers uncovered evidence of over 4,500 trades of child pornography between Portway and others.

Many of these trades involved Portway distributing child pornography to others based on their stated specific preferences, including images and videos appearing to depict dead children and the cannibalism of children.

‘Clearly, the facts of this case were quite disturbing and we are grateful law enforcement acted when they did,’ said United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz. ‘I hope that this case send a clear message that we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those who participate in these types of activities.

‘Even though criminals attempt to hide in the anonymity provided by the Internet, the Department of Justice is committed to aggressively pursuing them to ensure that there is no place to hide.’

‘An investigation that began in Milford in 2010 — expanded to Europe and beyond —has returned back to where it originally started: the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,’ said Bruce Foucart, special agent in charge of the Homeland Security Investigation in Boston.

‘Since we began this operation —Operation Holitna — a worldwide network of offenders has been, and continues to be,unraveled, including Portway.’ Foucart added,’Thanks to the determination of HSI, along with our partners at the

U.S. attorney’s office, we have been able to rescue 160 children and arrest 51 perpetrators worldwide. This was all as a result of the arrest of a Milford man, and subsequent advanced forensics of his digital media.

‘Portway’s guilty plea should serve as a stern warning to those inclined toabuse children or share images of child pornography: there isn’t a place in the United States, on yhe Internet, or the planet in which you are truly safe. We will investigate you, we will prosecute you and we will bring you to justice.”

Today’s guilty plea is part of Operation Holitna, an ongoing HSI-led investigation that originated in Boston. In 2010, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts and HSI Boston arrested Robert Diduca on child pornography production charges.

He was convicted and subsequently sentenced in June 2012. Forensic analysis of Diduca’s computer led investigators to the Netherlands where a Dutch national was arrested and charged with production, distribution and possession of child pornography, as well as the sexual assault of 87 minors.

Since that time, a worldwide network of offenders has been, and continues to be, unraveled, including today’s defendant. Defendants and victims continue to be identified around the world.

13 Comments

DecencyMay 7, 2013 @ 10:45 am

A Sick Evil Mess this World

andyMay 7, 2013 @ 3:15 pm

Somebody should do to him what he intended to do to children although he may get off on that kind of behaviour. How do you get so fecking depraved.
Keep him over there in one of those nice us supermax prisons where he will be buggerd by some big hairy arsed bikers.
Andy

DonMay 7, 2013 @ 6:34 pm

Pound to a penny he’ll get some Harriet Harmann hand-wringer campaigning for his human rights while portraying him as some form of victim.

He looks a nob from his photo. The sort of bloke who works in a government funded office. He’s got that same expression you find on the faces of middle management types in local council offices and jobcentres.

justamumandananaMay 7, 2013 @ 7:06 pm

This bastard & his friends need to be put down

hoffmanlensesMay 7, 2013 @ 7:30 pm

Kill him. Not pay for a team of psychologists to ask him questions for the next 30 fucking years at the taxpayers expense.

Lanark McVieMay 7, 2013 @ 9:36 pm

The fat monster is 40 years old now and 27 years of relentless mechanical jacksie-pounding and robust fisting attention from his big hairy cell-mates should help concentrate Geoffrey Portway’s thoughts on his eventual deportation and return to Britain. By 2040 the then 67 year old bandy legged, septic-arsed, prolapsing gimp should be ready to face the welcoming British Public. How we will have missed him! The people can start preparing his reception party. What kind of party snacks might he want? Maybe a finger buffet? Vol-au-vents, cheese and pineapple on a stick?
USA… do the world a favour and just fry this piece of human excreta to crispy strips on the chair.

MargaretMay 7, 2013 @ 9:41 pm

This article made me cry. What on earth is happening to people. Is it the food, the water, TV, internet porn, they childhood they have had – WTF is going on. This article made me cry, I may seem like a soft touch – but touch my grandson …………….

lek blackMay 7, 2013 @ 11:38 pm

This made me cry as well. my god am I part of a world with scum like this in it. I really don’t know anymore. might not be PC but extract info from him then get rid of the bastard. if we can’t protect our children what sort of society are we. I think it boils down to that in the end. have we lost the ability to emphasise? Are we so desensitised by mindless TV we just dont give a shit? We should all be standing together in outrage,what the fucks happening?

under_siegeMay 8, 2013 @ 9:38 am

A real nasty piece of work. The Americans got him and sentenced him, so they’re more than welcome to take care of the shithole for the next 27 years in a real prison. Why the hell would anyone want him back here?

JackMay 8, 2013 @ 1:27 pm

This evil cunt should be roasted over a slow burning fire. Fucking evil piece of filth.

DecencyMay 10, 2013 @ 12:59 pm

One Despairs to Think how many more Sickos there are in America Imprisoning Girls
for their Perverted Desires

It makes me Angry those who are too Thick and Brainwashed to Tell Evil when
it is staring at Them in the Face like in the Case of this Sicko and other Sickos

I think TV programs like “Criminal Minds” does not help, anyone who is border line crazy could be set off by watching, its a how to for nutters

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